Cleansing and polishing compound



PatenteagMu'. 13, 1928 PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. MOALEEB, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

CIiEANSING AND POLISHING COMPOUND.

No Drawing.

This invention relates to cleaning and polishing compounds, and the purpose of the invention is to provide compound, the ingredients of which, in the application for cleaning a surface, will leave it in a polished condition.

Heretofore, it has been commonly the practice in the cleaning of an automobile body and the metal parts thereof to first 1 apply an abrasive in the form of a compound that will clean the metal surfaces which requires to be washed and thereafter have applied thereto a wax or similar substance and polished. The purpose of this compound is to secure both results in one application. The preferred proportion of the ingredients is as follows:

80 pounds double ground cream tripoli, 10 pounds powdered rottenstone, 2 pounds liitigumi Japan wax, 2 pounds double pressed stearic acid, 9 pounds kerosene, 2 pounds light rubbing oil.

These ingredients are thoroughly mixed together and. packaged. q

The tripoli and the rottenstone provide the abrasive elements of the composition while the stearic acid provides. a}bond or body. The kerosene and rubbing *oil; are

used as a cleaner andas a lubricant for the rubbing operation while the Japan wax is utilized for the purpose of producing "a luster or polish. The abrasives are both finely powdered or ground so that no scratches apparent to the human eye are produced and enables the surface to be scoured and in the rubbing operation for this scouring effect the Japan wax is deposited and polished. Subsequent to the application of the material in the cleaning andpolishing operation, the surface should be rubbed slightly with a dry cloth for the purpose of removing all particles of the compound and to produce a final luster. The light rubbing oil is a parafline oil in which the parafiine has been practically entirely removed. There is there fore no coagulate deposited that would destroy the final luster.

By this composition applied in the general manner indicated the surface to be cleaned is lished and cleaned in the one operation and the surface is, provided with a high luster that does not fade for a very considerable period of time.

Application filed December 12, 1924. Serial No. 755,368.

perfectly smooth surface and, While the material of which the lacquer or finish is composed contains ingredients tending to produce a high polish does not produce the high polish desired in that the surface is full of minute pits and scratches and therefore is not highly reflective of light. As above stated, my compound is useful in cleaning and polishing such surfaces and my compound is designed to cut the surface to reduce the depth of the pits and to fill such pits as may remain and thus I secure a sur- "facethat is perfectly smooth and therefore ahighly light reflective surface.

.The composition is found generally useful to-the public in the cleaning and polishing of a finished'painted automobile body or other 'articlethat requires cleaning and polishing; is very simple to apply, and the resultant polished surface is secured by Inaterially less effort than by any composition known to me that has heretofore been utilized.

It is further to be understood that some departure from the specific quantity of in gredients as specified may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or materially varying the result to be attained. The broad feature of the invention resides in the inclusion of an ingredientproducing a polish on the surface being cleaned by the rubbing operation and the ingredients as specified have been found by me to produce the most desirable result.

Having thus briefly described my invention, its utility and mode of operation, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A cleansing and polishing compound consisting of the following ingredients consisting of a powdered abrasive, stearic namely, 30 pounds double ground cream acid, Japan wax, kerosene and a light I'lllltripoli, 10 pounds powdered rottcnstone, 3 bing oil. 1" pounds Kitigumi Japan wax, 2 pounds In testimony whereof, I sign this specifi- 5 double pressed stearic acid, 9 pounds kerocation.

sane and 2 pounds light rubbing oil.

2. A cleansing and polishing compound CHARLES H. MCALEER. 

